Conversation With Katie Witkiewitz Phd Psychology Of Addictive Behavio

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Tucker, J. A. & Witkiewitz, K. (Eds.). (2022). Dynamic Pathways to Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976213 Witkiewitz, K., Stein, E. R., Votaw, V. R., Hallgren, K. A., Gibson, B.

C., Boness, C. L., Pearson, M. R., & Maisto, S. A. (2023). Constructs derived from the addiction cycle predict alcohol use disorder treatment outcomes and recovery three years following treatment.

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,37(3), 376-389. doi: 10.1037/adb0000871. Witkiewitz, K., Pfund, R. A, & Tucker, J. A. (2022).

Mechanisms of behavior change in substance use disorders with and without formal treatment. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 18, 497-525.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-072720-014802 Witkiewitz, K., Kranzler, H. R., Hallgren, K. A., Hasin, D. S., Aldridge, A.

P., Zarkin, G. A., Mann, K. F., O’Malley, S. S., & Anton, R. F. (2021).

Stability of drinking reductions and long-term functioning among patients with alcohol use disorder. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36, 404-412. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06331-x PSY 650: Advanced Latent Variable Modeling How does the environment impact a person's recovery journey over time? In this episode, Drs.

Jalie Tucker and Katie Witkiewitz discuss their recently articulated dynamic behavioral ecological model of recovery, with a bonus discussion about shallow lakes! Dr. Jalie Tucker is the Founding Director of the Center for Behavioral Economic Health Research and the Mary F. Lane Endowed Professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida. Dr. Katie Witkiewitz is the Director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance use, and Addictions (CASAA) and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Katie Witkiewitz is an American psychologist, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Director of the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions, and the Addictive... Witkiewitz has been recognized nationally and internationally for her research in the addictions field including harm reduction and mindfulness-based interventions. She is a fellow and past president for the American Psychological Association Division 50 Society of Addiction Psychology,[2] editor for the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, and on the Board of Directors for the... Witkiewitz was born in Rochester, New York, grew up in North Rose, New York and attended North Rose-Wolcott Central School District. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from SUNY Potsdam in 1999, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She earned her MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Montana in December 2000 with a thesis entitled "Applications of Cusp Catastrophe Models to the Relapse Process".

She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in June 2005 with a minor in Quantitative Psychology with a dissertation entitled: " Predicting Alcohol Relapse Using Nonlinear Dynamics and Growth... Alan Marlatt. Witkiewitz has received several notable awards for her research contributions and leadership such as the Outstanding Leadership in Addiction Psychology in 2017 from the Society of Addiction Psychology and Early Career Achievement Award from... Witkiewitz is considered a leading researcher and advocate for harm reduction treatment goals for alcohol interventions. Traditionally, sustained abstinence has been considered the sole marker of a successful substance use disorder intervention. However, Witkiewitz has demonstrated that reduced alcohol use levels (e.g., 6 drinks daily to 1 drink daily) can lead to substantial improvements in physical health (e.g., blood pressure, liver enzyme levels) and quality of...

To date, my research has largely centered on the examination and treatment of substance use disorder, with an emphasis on harm reduction, recovery processes, and applying advanced quantitative research methods to better understand changes... I am also a licensed clinical psychologist and I have worked extensively on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorder. I train clinicians in the delivery of mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders in New Mexico, nationally, and internationally. My recent research has focused on integrated behavioral treatments for comorbid chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Welcome to CASAA's new website. If you have any feedback or suggestions, we'd love to hear from you!

Please feel free to Submit a ticket. 2650 Yale Blvd SE, MSC11-6280 Albuquerque, NM 87106 Center on Alcohol, Substance use And Addictions2650 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 © The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131, (505) 277-0111 New Mexico's Flagship University How does the environment impact a person's recovery journey over time? In this episode, Drs.

What happens when a government sets the minimum price for alcohol? In this episode with Professor John Holmes, we unpack the science behind the minimum unit pricing policy, including the model working conducted by Professor Holmes and members of his team. We then find out how minimum unit pricing was implemented in Scotland and whether (and for whom) it impacted drinking. Professor Holmes is a Professor of Alcohol Policy in the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) at the University of Sheffield. He is also the Director of the Sheffield Addictions Research Group, the Lead Director of the Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision Science, and the Co-Director of the NIHR Policy... Find out more about his work, and the work of the Sheffield Addictions Research Group, here.

Death by suicide has increased in recent decades, propelling it to the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. Substance use is common among people at risk for suicide and is often involved during suicide attempts. In this episode, Dr. David Rudd talks with us about suicide, it's overlap with substance use, and current clinical best practice for managing suicidal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Dr. Rudd is a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, the Director of the Rudd Institute for Veteran and Military Suicide Prevention, and President Emeritus at The University of Memphis.

Over the last decade, more and more people seem to be rethinking their drinking. This is in part evident by the recent surge in popularity of non-alcoholic beverages, or beverages that emulate the characteristics of alcoholic beverages but that have zero or very low alcohol content. How many people drinking non-alcoholic beverages? Are these helpful for people trying to reduce alcohol use? Are they harmful? How can science guide policy to help maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of non-alcoholic beverages?

In this episode, Dr. Molly Bowdring generously answers our questions and discusses the current science on non-alcoholic beverages, what we still need to know, and how policy might effect any potential harms or benefits to public health. Dr. Molly Bowdring is an Instructor in the Stanford Prevention Research Center and practicing psychologist in the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine. In many clinical contexts, substance use disorder is oftentreated separately from posttraumatic stress disorder. Yet, these conditions commonly co-occur and are reciprocally determinant, meaning that the outcomes of a course of treatment for either condition might depend upon treating theother.

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Tucker, J. A. & Witkiewitz, K. (Eds.). (2022). Dynamic Pathways